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| BHUTANESE ENVIRONMENT STATS: |
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Areas under protection
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115 |
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[th of 146]
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Carbon efficiency
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75 CO2 emissions/$ GDP |
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[th of 141]
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CO2 Emissions
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153 |
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[th of 178]
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(per capita)
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149 per 1,000 people |
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[th of 176]
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Ecological footprint
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134 |
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[th of 141]
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Endangered species protection
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134% |
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[th of 141]
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Known breeding bird species
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69 |
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[th of 146]
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Known mammal species
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59 |
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[th of 145]
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(per capita)
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12 per 1 million people |
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[th of 145]
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Marine fish catch
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134 tons |
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[th of 141]
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(per capita)
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134 tons per 1,000 people |
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[th of 141]
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NOx emissions per populated area
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134 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[th of 141]
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Pollution > Carbon dioxide 1999
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166 |
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[th of 199]
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Protected area
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9 |
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[th of 147]
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SO2 emissions per populated area
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141 thousand metric tons/squ |
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[th of 141]
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Threatened species
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58 |
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[th of 158]
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Threatened species > Mammal
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36 |
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[th of 160]
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Water > Availability
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34 thousand cubic metres |
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[th of 141]
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Water > Phosphorus concentration
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115 mls/litre |
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[th of 141]
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Wildness
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84% |
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[th of 141]
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SOURCES: Protected Areas under IUCN management categories I - VI (1992-2003); Carbon economic efficiency (CO2 emissions per dollar GDP) Units: Metric Tons/US Dollar GDP; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide; CO2: Total Emissions (excluding land-use) Units: thousand metric tonnes of carbon dioxide Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; Ecological footprint per capita Units: Hectares per Person; Percent of CITES reporting requirements met Units: Percent of Requirements Met Units: Countries that have not ratified the CITES convention are recorded as having zero percent of their requirements met.; Known breeding bird mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002).; Known mammal species (1992-2002). Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.; Total marine fish catch Units: Metric Tons; Total marine fish catch Units: Metric Tons Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.; NOx emissions per populated land area Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; 1999 total CO2 emissions from fossil-fuel burning, cement production, and gas flaring. Emissions are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon (not CO2).; Environmentally protected area (1997); SO2 emissions per populated land area Units: 1000 Metric Tons/Sq. Km. of Populated Land Area Units: We obtained the total emissions for each country by summarizing emissions data, originally available as a grid map with 1 degree x 1 degree cells. Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then used this land area as a denominator for the emissions data.; Number of Threatened Species (1990-99); Number of threatened mammal species (1997); Water availability per capita (1961-1990 (avg.)) Units: Thousands Cubic Meters/Person Units: This variable measures internal renewable water (average annual surface runoff and groundwater recharge generated from endogenous precipitation); Phosphorus concentration Units: Milligrams/Liter Units: The country values represent averages of the station-level values for the three year time period 1994-96, except where data were only available for an earlier time period (1988-1993). The number of stations per country varies depending on country size; number of bodies of water; and level of participation in the GEMS monitoring system. The data from "The Wellbeing of Nations" included a smaller subset of stations representing outfalls of major watersheds. An analysis of a sample of countries with numerous stations found that the data for stations in the subset is broadly comparable to the data for all GEMS stations in those countries.; Percent of land area having very low anthropogenic impact Units: Percent of Land Area Units: Global grids for population (GPW), land use (USGS AVHRR based classification from EROS data center), VMAP roads, VMAP railways, VMAP coastlines, VMAP major rivers and the stable lights data were all scored for "wildness". The scores were aggregated and normalized.
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Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan
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